Young Write Out Loud is out and about: join us at Slaithwaite’s Moonraking festival!
An important part of Write Out Loud’s 20th anniversary year is expanding our work with children and young people. And what better way to start than by linking up again with poet and performer Louise Fazackerley, pictured left. Louise has previously worked with us on young people’s projects in Greater Manchester and Kirklees.
Thanks to generous help from Kirklees funder One Community, Write Out ...
12th February 2025
Meet Neil Astley, celebrated Bloodaxe editor - and our competition judge
Bloodaxe … what an arresting name for a poetry publisher. I may have first come across Neil Astley’s name when my wife gave me the second anthology in the Bloodaxe Staying Alive series, Being Alive, as a Valentine’s Day present. In such an enormous volume, you could not help but find poetry that you...
10th February 2025
WRITE OUT LOUD'S BIG ANNIVERSARY POETRY COMPETITION 'ECHOES' IS OPEN FOR ENTRIES!
Write Out Loud’s 2025 poetry competition – to mark this website’s 20th anniversary – is open for entries! The judge is celebrated Bloodaxe Books editor and anthologist, Neil Astley, pictured, and the ...
10th February 2025
What does the word ‘Echoes’ say to you? Countdown to Write Out Loud’s poetry competition to mark our 20-year anniversary
In a few days’ time Write Out Loud will be launching a big poetry competition to mark our 20th anniversary year. We’re very excited about it! The theme of the competition will be ‘Echoes’ – and it wil...
1st February 2025
